Re: user homepath

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Ling F. Zhang wrote:
> by default win2k installation, all user have their
> path at:
> C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\
> 
> if I want user to share the same path in cygwin, sould
> creating a symbolic link in /:
> ln -s /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Setting/ /home
> 
> suffies???

Yuk. Then you end up with all this mess:
Application Data
Cookies
Desktop
Favorites
Local Settings
My Documents
NTUSER.DAT
NTUSER.DAT.LOG
NetHood
PrintHood
Recent
SendTo
Start Menu
Templates
UserData
ntuser.ini

in your home directory.

> another question is really windows 2000 related...I
> renamed my "Administrator" account to "Admin" but all
> my stuff are still in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
> how do I migrate it completely (file and registry and
> any other necessity) to
> C:\Documents and Settings\Admin???
> or better yet:
> C:\Cygwin\home\Admin???
> (if the latter, I have to do the same for all users)

You don't, as far as I'm aware.

And this question is totally off topic.

Max.


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